Physics-based Animation (Graphics) (Graphics Series) - Hardcover

Erleben, Kenny; Sporring, Jon; Henriksen, Knud; Dohlman, Henrik

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584503807 ISBN 13: 9781584503804

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This book is written to teach students and practitioners the theory behind the mathematical models and techniques required for physics-based animation. It does not teach the basic principles of animation, but rather demonstrates how to transform theoretical techniques into practical skills. It details how the mathematical models are derived from physical and mathematical principles, and explains how these mathematical models are solved in an efficient, robust, and stable manner with a computer. This impressive and comprehensive volume covers all the issues involved in physics-based animation, including collision detection, geometry, mechanics, differential equations, matrices, quaternions, and more. There is excellent coverage of collision detection algorithms and a detailed overview of a physics system. In addition, numerous examples are provided along with detailed pseudo code for most of the algorithms. This book is ideal for students of animation, researchers in the field, and professionals working in the games and movie industries. Topics Covered: * The Kinematics: Articulated Figures, Forward and Inverse Kinematics, Motion Interpolation * Multibody Animation: Particle Systems, Continuum Models with Finite Differences, the Finite Element Method, Computational Fluid Dynamics * Collision Detection: Broad and Narrow Phase Collision Detection, Contact Determination, Bounding Volume Hierarchies, Feature-and Volume-Based Algorithms

About this title

About the Author

Henrik Dohlmann is a Ph.D. student at the University of Copenhagen and is employed in an industrial collaboration between the Department of Computer Science and the School of Dentistry. Jon Sporring received his Master and Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science,University of Copenhagen, where he is currently an associate professor. Kenny Erleben is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Copenhagen.He has contributed to Graphics Programming Methods (CRM 2003). Knud Henriksen is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Copenhagen,where he holds a Ph.D. in computer science.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584503807
• ISBN 13: 9781584503804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 842